Training.

[Wayne P]

What have some of you been doing for the upcoming season?

Me:

- Road riding (quality not quantity).
- Spin classes.
- Secret weight training and sprinting excerises. ;)
- DH/FR runs at speed.
- Psychological prep.

I would like to get a pretty regular road ride happening, Friday, Saturday or Sunday if anyone is interested. It will be at a moderately high to very strenuous pace with lots of power work. Let me know.

[Shocker]

ummm, 10-30 push ups a night? :lol:

[ruttager]

Basic base building, spinning and running, a bit of weights to maintain strength...lots of stretching, yoga and swimming. Focusing a lot on eating and hydrating properly. I figure another month of base building and then I can start some hill training. I wish I had a road bike for base building, most on-trail xc riding up here is up...

[LOBOTIDULATOR]

Originally posted by Shocker
ummm, 10-30 push ups a night? :lol:

sure as hell beats pushing tin!

[NickS]

Just riding and actually trying to gain muscle in my pe weight training.

[Spaztic]

masturbation. lots.

[Wayne P]

Get it in while you can old man before wee willie goes south on ya.

[axx]

Ive been doing alot more fast pace hour or so road rides on my hardtail. then lots of cornering practice stuff. Then just basic work out stuff. Really i just do this to stay in shape anyways, not just for racing.

[Midas]

8 sets of 50 sit ups usually between 4pm and 11 also 4sets of 15 push ups, also go for a run. Im going to start hitting the gym

[TheGiggler]

ummm, 6hr+ rides, no cars involved. you get fitness (cardio) and high-speed running on the downs. plus coming down at the end of the day when you're bagged is a little harder...

anyone who has smallish bikes or w/e... i'm trying to get some Fromme Seymour double crowns going down... gotta get ready for Jamers @ dizzy's triple crown :thepimp:

[VancouverIslguy]

30 hour spin each night on a stationary, runs every few days, and I ride lots and lots of street.

[Danny K]

riding as much as i can, situps/pushups, swimming

[JSinclair]

I've been eating as much as I can over winter to increase the gravitational pull and lower my center of gravity to help cornering and steeps.

[corey@nsmb.com]

Originally posted by JSinclair
I've been eating as much as I can over winter to increase the gravitational pull and lower my center of gravity to help cornering and steeps.

:lol:

[umbullit]

Originally posted by JSinclair
I've been eating as much as I can over winter to increase the gravitational pull and lower my center of gravity to help cornering and steeps.

with that logic, i should win anything i enter. :P

[pano-dude]

that's the attitude we need in the masters class...let's face it we're old, and are supposed to enjoy the fine things in life, BEER, FOOD,biking with chair lifts and couches, not training. haha.

[Wayne P]

Did I mention cookies?

[Midas]

dink 4L sisu a day:P

[Coop]

A great plyometric exercise to build downhill mountain bike speed:
http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=7647

Downhill speed tips, part two: On-bike drills:
http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=7749

Mtn biking: Ballistic training for explosive results
http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=6389

Sprint and jump training for improved mtn-bike performance:
http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=8624

some articles, eh.

[Wayne P]

That's cool Coop. Thanks!

Its all similar to what I've been doing but its goos to see it on paper.

[E.Long]

im on a rep hockey team and im on the ice at least 4 times a week and my team does dryland every friday so that must do some good